Thousands of patients undergoing treatment or surgery at Scottish hospitals are to be screened for MRSA, Nicola Sturgeon, the Health Secretary, said yesterday.

The national screening programme, which follows pilot programmes by three Scottish health boards, will take place over the next 12 months and will focus on the elderly and people admitted for kidney disease, skin problems and vascular surgery, a group deemed to be most at risk. The only patients not to be screened will be psychiatric, obstetric and paediatric patients.

Ms Sturgeon made the announcement as official figures showed a drop in the number of cases of Clostridium difficile and MRSA in Scottish hospitals.

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